Originally Posted by
LizStreithorst
I was in the living room doing something that required more light. I went to the switch plate by the door that has individual switches on it. 2 for outside lights, one for the ceiling fan and one for the light on the ceiling fan. I flipped the swithc to turn on the light, heard a small click and suddenly no electric swithches or outlets worked in the entire living room. I checked the breakers and none had tripped. There is no GFI associated with the livingroom, but I looked for one anyway, because I was stumped.
I'm hoping that there's a short somewhere. Would a short in the switch itself make the whole room go out? It diesn't seem so. If you were going to troubleshoot this problem, where whould you start and how would you proceed from one possibility to the next.
If you are going to tell me to call an electrition, please keep your opinion to yourself. I'm sure I'm competent to get this done as long as it doesn't involve overhead work or something else that my back condition won't allow.